Conversation: 432-024
Prev: 432-023 Next: 432-025Start Date: 9-May-1973 10:54 AM
End Date: 9-May-1973 11:10 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.;Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
NARA Description:
On May 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:54 am to 11:10 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 432-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 432-24
Date: May 9, 1973
Time: 10:54 am - 11:10 am
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Ronald L. Ziegler.
Watergate
-Ziegler’s conversation with Henry E. Petersen
-Court action
-Possible White House response
-President’s conversation with Petersen
-Petersen’s views
-Executive privilege
-Patrick Buchanan’s memo to President
-President’s meeting with staff, May 9, 1973
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-Role
-Interim
-Duration
-President’s remarks to fundraising dinner, May 9, 1973
-Discussion of Watergate
-Effects of departures of John D. Ehrlichman and H. R. (“Bob”)
Haldeman
-President’s remarks to Cabinet
-Responsibility
-Press actions
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 432-24 (cont’d)
-Veracity issue in Watergate stories
-Jeb Stuart Magruder
-John W. Dean, III
-Haldeman, Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, Ziegler
-Compared to Dean
-Ziegler’s conversation with Buchanan
-Dean
-Reports on Watergate
-Verification of reports
-Aims
-Investigation of Watergate
-Ehrlichman, Haldeman, and involvement
-President’s knowledge of Watergate
-Conversation with President and Haldeman March 21, 1973
-Money to defendants
-Haldeman and Ehrlichman involvement
-President’s response
-Possible White House counterattack
-Buchanan’s plan
-Safe deposit box
-Possible contents
-January discussion with Ziegler
-Dean
-Camp David
-Donald H. Segretti
-Charles W. Colson
-Polls
-Public response to Watergate
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-President’s receipt
-Colson
-Haig
-Grand jury appearance
-Vulnerability
-Dean
-E. Howard Hunt
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. September-2011)
Conversation No. 432-24 (cont’d)
Ronald Ziegler left at 11:10 am.